Webelos Scouts are Cub Scouts preparing to be Boy Scouts. The
Webelos Scouts learn about Boy Scouts and may participate in Boy Scout meetings and
activities. Their den meetings are typically held on evenings or Saturdays. They do not
follow the monthly theme of the Pack, but have their own program. They are the oldest
Scouts in the Pack and as such carry the responsibility of being good role models to the
younger
Cub Scouts. It falls upon the Webelos Scouts to help explain what exciting activities
await the younger Cubs and to help the Cubs during Pack activities.

The den is central to Webelos Scouting. Webelos Scouts take more
responsibility for the running of their den. And they do more things as a den. The
emphasis shifts from home-centered activities to group-centered activities similar
to those they will encounter in Boy Scouting.

The major goal of Webelos Scouting is to give the Scouts a taste of
what it is like to be a Boy Scout and to get them use to how Boy Scouting is structured.
Webelos Scouts learn that it is their responsibility to earn their activity badges.
They are helped by their den leaders and Activity Badge Councilors (adults who volunteer
to host an activity badge) and it is the den leaders who pass the Webelos Scout on the
requirements. Parents play a new, more supportive, and less directive role with Webelos
Scouts.

The den conducts some projects that can be credited towards the
ranks and activity badges that the boys earn, but not all of the requirements are
addressed at den meetings. This is deliberate. The Webelos Scouts learn that if they wish
to advance, they are responsible for meeting the requirements outside den meeting times.
This is patterned after the merit badge and advancement process in a Boy Scout Troop. The
activities, themselves, are designed to appeal more to the older boy and are patterned
after Boy Scout merit badge requirements.

It is in Webelos that world of outdoor Scouting begins to open up.
With their parents, the Webelos are able to camp and go on other outdoor activities with
their den and with Boy Scout Troops. They also may participate in Boy Scout Troop meetings
and other Scouting events.

In short, Webelos Scouting is the transitional program between Cub
Scouting and Boy Scouting. Webelos are still under the direction of the
Cubmaster, but
hold their own activities and do many things too advanced for younger boys.

At the end of the Webelos program, the Scouts truly have a taste for
what Boy Scouting is all about and have a head start in proceeding through the Boy Scout
program.

Commit: Tell how these faith experiences
help you live your duty to God. Name one faith practice that you
will continue to do in the future.

Practice: After doing these requirements,
tell what you have learned about your beliefs.
And do one of these (d OR e):

Earn the religious emblem of your faith*

Do two of these:

Attend the mosque, church, synagogue, temple, or
other religious organization of your choice, talk with your religious
leader about your beliefs. Tell your family and your Webelos den leader
what you learned.

Discuss with your family and Webelos den leader how
your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and
what character-building traits your religious beliefs have in common
with the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

With your religious leader, discuss and make a plan
to do two things you think will help you draw nearer to God. Do these
things for a month.

For at least a month, pray or meditate reverently
each day as taught by your family, and by your church, temple, mosque,
synagogue, or religious group.

Under the direction of your religious leader, do an
act of service for someone else. Talk about your service with your
family and Webelos den leader. Tell them how it made you feel.

List at least two ways you believe you have lived
according to your religious beliefs.

* If you earned your faith's religious emblem earlier
in Cub Scouting, and your faith does not have a Webelos religious
emblem, you must complete requirement 8e.

Completion of requirement 8e does not qualify a youth
to receive the religious emblem of his faith.

After you've earned the Webelos badge, you can earn the
compass points emblem. It is awarded after you
earn seven activity badges, four more in addition to the three you earned for
the Webelos badge.